Raleigh man accused of recording sexual abuse of infant, soliciting a minor
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- Andrew Swenson, 42, charged with coercion/enticement and child pornography.
- He allegedly enticed a 13‑year‑old online and planned to pick her up in Nebraska.
- FBI found photos/videos of him abusing an infant and ropes, zip ties, duct tape.
A Raleigh man is accused of recording himself sexually abusing an infant and traveling to Nebraska to sexually abuse a 13-year-old, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina said Tuesday.
The FBI arrested Andrew Swenson, 42, after a federal complaint accused him of soliciting sex from a minor online and traveling to sexually abuse another, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a Tuesday statement. Swenson is charged with coercion and enticement of a minor and production of child pornography.
“Those who prey on children and solicit them to produce child abuse sexual material are morally reprehensible and will be held accountable for their heinous crimes,” FBI Special Agent in Charge in North Carolina Reid Davis said. “The FBI remains committed to protecting our children.”
Swenson chatted with a 13-year-old girl online on the social media platforms Zangi and Discord after seeing her advertised for sexual abuse, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. He allegedly encouraged the girl to send sexually explicit images and planned to pick her up from her home in Nebraska to sexually abuse her .
The FBI searched Swenson’s home where agents found bags containing rope, zip ties and duct tape in his bedroom, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. His roommate told the FBI that Swenson routinely traveled out of town to have sex with what Swenson said were women.
The FBI also found Swenson traveled to New York to visit a woman he had met on the Internet and taht he took pictures and videos of himself sexually abusing the woman’s infant, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
If convicted, Swenson faces at least 15 years in prison and could receive a life sentence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
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